25Synonyms found for congress

Word Origin & History

congress 1520s, from L. congressus "a meeting, hostile encounter," pp. of congredi "meet with, fight with," from com- "together" + gradi "to walk," from gradus "a step" (see grade). Sense of "meeting of delegates" is first recorded 1670s. Meaning "sexual union" is from 1580s. Used in ref. to the national legislative body of the American states since 1775 (though since 1765 in America as a name for proposed bodies). Congress of Vienna met Nov. 1, 1814, to June 8, 1815, and redrew the map of Europe with an eye to creating a balance of powers after the disruptions of Napoleon. Related: Congressional

Example Sentences for congress

He is the chairman and interim party leader of the opposition united national congress.

All with a presidential blessing and the ratification of both houses of congress.

The party proved to be a good opponent to the ruling congress.

Supervises the acquisition of books for the law department of the library of congress.

The people who enact them are still, for better or worse, congress.

He had never been politically active, or cultivated a relationship with the congress.

The coins where still pattern pieces, and had not approved by congress.